The Big Ten’s top four players will rank among the nation’s top 10 at the end of the season. Michigan guard Trey Burke, Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas, Indiana center Cody Zeller and Indiana guard/forward Victor Oladipo all are competitive for first-team All-American honors. All four are almost assured of landing on the top two [...]

IOWA CITY — With six wins in his team’s last eight games, Iowa junior Melsahn Basabe likes his team’s chances entering the Big Ten Tournament this week. Not just competing, mind you. Winning the whole thing. “If you’re not going in there thinking that, then you shouldn’t be there,” said Basabe, who scored 11 points and [...]

IOWA CITY –In Eric May’s first season at Iowa, the Hawkeyes won 10 games. Today, in his final regular-season game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa its 20th. Iowa withstood Nebraska’s runs and went on a 17-0 run midway through the second half to roll past Nebraska 74-60 this afternoon. The Hawkeyes (20-11, 9-9 Big Ten) earned [...]

IOWA CITY — Eric May saw dozens of black T-shirts with his name and number scattered throughout Carver-Hawkeye Arena commemorating Senior Day. The partisan crowd stood and gave Devyn Marble a standing ovation on his first bucket, three points forever joining himself and Roy Marble as the only father-son duo in Big Ten history to [...]

Iowa guard Mike Gesell has missed the last three games with a right foot “stress reaction” and will not play Saturday against his native state Nebraska. But Gesell still has a chance to play in next week’s Big Ten Tournament. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said he’s “guarded … because there’s no guarantee” that Gesell will [...]

From the University of Iowa: The Administrators Council of the Big Ten Conference has approved the Iowa and Nebraska recommendation to move the Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 football game to Friday, Nov. 29, and to schedule the annual Hy-Vee Heroes Game on the Friday after Thanksgiving in 2014 (Nov. 28) and beyond.  The approval was announced Tuesday by [...]

IOWA CITY — Former Cedar Rapids Jefferson prep Jarrod Uthoff will have a major impact on the team next year, Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery said Monday morning on the Big Ten coaches teleconference. “The thing I like about (Uthoff) is,” McCaffery said, “you can play him as a long, shot-blocking post player or you can [...]

LINCOLN, Neb. — Frustration often is the first visible emotion associated after a tough loss, and such was the case with the Iowa men’s basketball team. Iowa (17-10, 6-8 Big Ten) collapsed on both ends of the court and on the scoreboard Saturday in a 64-60 loss at Nebraska. The Hawkeyes gave up a 19-point [...]

LINCOLN, Neb. — The narrative to Iowa’s men’s basketball season now has gone to press. Only an epilogue erasing the entire campaign can rewrite the season — or a game — like Saturday’s 64-60 tragic collapse at Nebraska. The latest installment of epic defeats featured the Hawkeyes (17-10, 6-8 Big Ten) blowing a 19-point, first-half [...]

As expected, there was no joy in Lincoln today for the Iowa Hawkeyes. Here are the post-game player interviews from the Devaney Center. Iowa’s players include: Devyn Marble, Eric May, Mike Gesell and Aaron White. Nebraska center Brandon Ubel also is in the video package. Here’s the quick-lead Iowa game story and halftime highlights: LINCOLN, [...]